He was probably descended from a
ministerial family connected with the
comitial noble house of
Oettingen, though just how is still uncertain; certainly his successor as Grand Master,
Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, belonged to this family. Konrad von Feuchtwangen's name first appears in record in 1259 as
Landkomtur (District Commander) of Austria. In 1258/1264 the first notices "
frater Conradus de Viuchtban/Vuchtwang appear when he was the Commander of Zschillen (
Wechselburg bei
Chemnitz); in 1259 und 1271–1279 he was District Commander of the
bailiwick of Austria; in 1279–1280 District Master of Prussia; in 1279–1281 District Master of
Livonia; in 1284–1290 "German Master" (District Master of all bailiwicks within the borders of the
Holy Roman Empire); in 1287 Commander of
Mergentheim. In 1291 the fortified city of
Acre, which the Order had made its headquarters up to that point, was conquered by the
Mamelukes in the
Siege of Acre (1291). Thereafter the order relocated its headquarters in
Venice. Konrad von Feuchtwangen was interred in the Church of the Teutonic Order () in
Dobrovítov near
Kutná Hora in
Bohemia. ==References==